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# robots.txt for outplay.ai (main domain only)
# Last updated: 2026-03-24
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# Outplay - Multichannel Sales Engagement Platform
# This file controls crawler access to the main outplay.ai
# domain. Subdomains (accounts, help, blog) manage their own.
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# SEARCH ENGINE CRAWLERS
# Full access to all public content
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User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /
 
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Yandexbot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /
 
 
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# AI SEARCH & CITATION BOTS (Drive referral traffic)
# These bots surface content in AI-powered search results.
# Allowing them maximizes visibility in ChatGPT Search,
# Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Apple Intelligence.
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# OpenAI - ChatGPT Search & browsing
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
 
# Anthropic - Claude web search & citations
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
 
# Google - Gemini / AI Overviews
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
 
# Perplexity - AI search engine
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
 
# Apple - Siri & Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
 
# Amazon - Alexa & AI services
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
 
# Microsoft - Copilot
User-agent: CopilotBot
Allow: /
 
 
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# AI MODEL TRAINING BOTS
# Allowing training bots ensures Outplay exists in
# LLM knowledge bases, improving brand awareness when
# users ask AI assistants about sales engagement tools.
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# OpenAI - GPT model training
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
 
# Anthropic - Claude model training
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
 
 
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# SOCIAL MEDIA & LINK PREVIEW BOTS
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User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /
 
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /
 
User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /
 
User-agent: TelegramBot
Allow: /
 
 
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# DEFAULT RULES (All other bots)
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
 
# Next.js system directories
Disallow: /_next/
 
# App / authentication (subdomain accounts.outplayhq.com handles its own)
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /signup
 
# Internal / staging pages
Disallow: /new-pages/
 
# Duplicate or test pages
Disallow: /pricing2
 
# Blog CMS internals
Disallow: /blog/ghost/
Disallow: /blog/members/api/
 
# Prevent parameter-based duplicates
Disallow: /*?via=*
 
 
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# SITEMAPS
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Sitemap: https://outplay.ai/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://outplay.ai/blog/sitemap.xml